Sentences with phrase «same effect on the brain»

Of course, scientists don't yet know if the addition of essential fatty acids in the formula has that same effect on the brain as the natural essential fatty acids found in breast milk.

These have been found to have the same effect on our brains / mood chemically as that of mood - elevating drugs.

Interesting that a ketogenic diet would have the same effect on the brain as alcohol, but I suppose it makes sense.

Both substances have the same effects on the brain, as well as make an individual suffer extreme fatigue and withdrawal symptoms.

It has the same effect on the brain as taking cocaine!

Not exact matches

Those messages may not have the same measurable neurochemical effects on a ten - year - old brain as they do on a ten - month - old brain, but they do have a profound impact on students» psychology and thus on their behavior.

In 2007, researchers published the first randomized, controlled study of the effect of being raised in an orphanage; that study, and subsequent research on the same sample of Romanian orphans, found that compared with babies placed with a foster family, those who were sent to institutions had lower IQs, slower physical growth, problems with human attachment and differences in functioning in brain areas related to emotional development.

Although this could mean that new genes are turned on in middle childhood, it is more likely that the same genes have different effects in the brains of 8 - year - olds as compared to 4 - year - olds (Plomin, 1986).

However, Mr. Varghese has at the same time sought to persuade the judge to let Mr. Halloran mount an insanity defense because of the effects on his judgment from a benign brain tumor.

Another clinical trial, which Kaplitt is not involved in, is testing the effect on depression of a deep brain stimulator implanted into the same brain area.

Music is processed in the auditory cortex in this same region of the brain, which was why Charyton wanted to study the effect of music on the brains of people with epilepsy.

Yet knowing about meditation and its effect on the brain is not the same as benefiting from it and not the same as achieving wisdom.

Now it seems the same may apply to its effect on the brain's information processing.

Similarly, flipping on the GABA - releasing neurons in the same part of the brain had the opposite effect and increased food intake.

A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that the same mechanisms behind the beneficial effects of exercise training on the brain also help to counteract fat and to strengthen the immune system.

The same treatment, applied to mice that had not suffered a stroke but whose brains had been similarly genetically altered and then stimulated just as stroke - affected mice's brains were, had no effect on either the distance they travelled along the rotating beam before falling off or how fast they walked.

How can changing the firing rate of the same neurons in one region lead to different effects on the rest of the brain?

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that the same mechanisms behind the beneficial effects of exercise training on the brain also help to counteract fat and to strengthen the immune system.

Companies like Lumosity charge you a monthly fee for brain - training games, but playing puzzle games on your kid's Xbox may have the same effects — and depending on what you play, may be even more effective.

We often find ourselves performing the same tasks every day for extended amounts of time, but this can lead to some detrimental effects on brain performance.

The cool thing is that Dave was recently writing about some recent studies on decaf coffee that find that it can basically, cross your blood brain barrier and cause a lot of these same brain antioxidant and anti inflammatory type of effects as caffeinated coffee.

I see all of these «making» projects as creative pursuits, and they all have the same effect of making me escape my analytical / logical brain and switch on the more artsy side.

By taking images of brains of those who routinely engage in contemplative practices, neuroscientist Richard Davison discovered that «their mental practice is having an effect on the brain in the same way golf or tennis practice will enhance performance.

Alcohol has the same effect on a dog's brain and liver that it does on a human's.

Alcohol can have an extremely damaging effect on your cat's brain and liver the same way it affects your own, though the consequences will be much faster for your cat than they are for you.

There's been a lot of research on «brain - training» games, but I suspect any well - crafted game experience has the same effect on keeping your mind and reactions sharp, whether it's by design or not.

... You might think that this preference for the sponsoring gallery was due to a kind of politeness... [but] the brain scans showed the same effect; the presence of the sponsor's logo increased the activity in the parts of the participants» brains that are related to pleasure... This suggested that the favor from the sponsoring gallery had a deep effect on how people responded to the art.

Essentially, a traumatic brain injury can not only turn around a victim's life, but can also have the same effect on the victim's family and friends.

This preliminary assessment also suggests the possibility that other contemporary childhood neurological disorders, including attention deficit disorder and learning disabilities, might be less severe after - effects, on the same spectrum of vaccine induced brain injury.